swerve

swerve is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To stray; to wander; to rope. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To stray; to wander; to rope.
2. intransitive verb. To go out of a straight line; to deflect.
3. intransitive verb. To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate.
4. intransitive verb. To bend; to incline.
5. intransitive verb. To climb or move upward by winding or turning.
6. transitive verb. To turn aside.
7. noun. the act of turning aside suddenly

   Synonyms: swerving, veering

8. noun. an erratic deflection from an intended course

   Synonyms: yaw

9. verb. turn sharply; change direction abruptly

   "The car cut to the left at the intersection"

   "The motorbike veered to the right"

   Synonyms: curve, cut, sheer, slew, slue, trend, veer

Synonyms

swerving, veering, yaw, curve, cut, sheer, slew, slue, trend, veer

Common word forms

swerved, swerver, swerves, swerving, swerveless

Words from these letters

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